Williams was the best of a bunch of cornerbacks who tried out for the Giants today. Other veterans the Giants kicked the tires on included former Eagles cornerback Lito Sheppard and former Lions cornerback Dre Bly.

Giants coach Tom Coughlin said he thinks Williams can step in and contribute immediately.

The Giants were desperate for cornerback help after losing Terrell Thomas and Brian Witherspoon for the season on Monday night, having previously lost Bruce Johnson for the season and Prince Amukamara for at least the first month of the season.

The 32-year-old Williams played in all 16 games for the Falcons last year, starting one.

The Giants will be hurting in the secondary for at least the first half of the season. Players on all teams will continue to get acclimated to the playing condition they need to be in, and learning the playbook for the younger guys who missed out on all that time due to that crazy lockout.

When you have guys dropping like flies much like the Giants have, it is difficult to be confident about that makeshift secondary.

This must suck for giants fans. We went through the same thing with our CBs last year with the Eagles. Even Asante missed 5 games or so and the RCB seemed like it was someone new every Sunday. I heard someone throw out Eagles CB Joselio Hansens name as a trade option for the giants. He’s a pretty solid nickelback. Not too tall, but very quick and a surprisingly aggressive tackler for his size. (5’9 I believe)

Roster cuts are coming soon as teams must cut their rosters by next Tuesday and then again to 53 5 days later, I believe. Most teams are sitting at around 90 players or so right now, so that’s about 1200 players becoming available in the next 10 days. There will be more CBs to choose from, and maybe one or two that look good to the Giants.

JANVANFLAC, No way the Eagles trade Joselio???? OK? Im not saying it WILL happen, but you make it sound as if the Eagles would never consider trading away their 4th best CB. The Eagles even said that they werent opposed to considering trading Asante if the price was right. What makes you think Joselio’s job is a lock?

Not a bad signing. Hayden is still out there and I’m sure someone else will be next week also. We just need bodies, not stars. Once Prince comes back, we can work him in as nickel and depending on how quickly he adjusts, he can assume the starting role.

With the statements that Giants management has made about “Not overspending” and “Responsible offers”, I am wondering if this guy actually outshined the competition that they brought is or was the cheapest option.

He didn’t play much last yeah, but when he did, this guy had 22 passes thrown his way with 18 completions!!!!

Yeah, this guy will solve all the Giants problems.

However, if he does work out for them, the coaching staff will then try him out as a punt returner. That will reallly test out the ACL he had in 2009.